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Detail from modern Ordnance Survey map 2000	Detail from modern Ordnance Survey map covering site (not marked) of Mellor Mill 2000	After 1 Jan 2000	ordnance survey modern mellor mill map	View
Mellor Mill from Ordnance Survey map 1880	Large scale extract of plan from 1880 Ordnance Survey map of Mellor Mill	1 Jan 1880	ordnance survey mellor mill plan	View
Plan of Mellor Mill 1867 (after Ashmore 1989)	Plan of Mellor Mill (after Ashmore 1989). Reproduced from Stockport: A History, by Peter Arrowsmith	1 Jan 1867	plan arrowsmith ashmore mellor mill	View
Large scale map showing mill and Old Hall	Large scale map showing mill's situation in relation to Old Hall	Unknown	map old hall mellor mill	View
Past and present Goyt course	Map illustrating past and present Goyt course at Mellor Mill (as altered by Oldknow)	Unknown	mellor mill map oldknow Goyt	View
Oldknow's factory	Enlarged extract of map of Marple bridge and Mellor showing site of "Oldknow's factory"	Unknown	oldknow mellor mill map	View
Map showing Mellor Mill in relation to Ludworth Township	Large scale extract from an old county map showing position of Mellor Mill and Lower Marple	Unknown	ludworth mellor mill map	View
Tythe Map, Lime kilns, Long Row	Ordnance Survey Tythe Map, showing relative locations of Long Row (later Brick Row),New Marple (later Stone Row) Garden House, Lime Kilns & Mellor...	From 31 Jan 1850 to 31 Dec 1850	river goyt mellor mill lime kilns garden house stone row new marple brick row long row tythe map	View
Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Mill (3 parts)_0001	Hand-drawn plans of Mellor Mill (3 parts)_0001, showing situation in relation to Bottoms Mill Road and Lakes Road	Unknown	squeaky dixon bottoms mill road lakes road mellor mill drawing	View
Insurance record relating to mill (page 7 - 10 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 4 - 6 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	insurance records mellor mill	View
Insurance record relating to mill (pages 1 - 3 of 10 pages)	Insurance record relating to mill from collections in Guildhall Library (now part of London metropolitan Museum).	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1799	mellor mill insurance records	View
Extract re mill and its locality	Transcribed extracts from local paper, possibly 1930s - 1950s. Describes remains of mill and Mellor Lodge, also removal of mill head stone to Marpl...	From 1 Jan 1930 to 31 Dec 1950	stone row oldknow mill head stone mellor lodge ruins mellor mill	View
Mill census totals 1851	Mill census totals 1851, broken down by men, women, boys and girls	31 Oct 1851	workers document mellor mill 1851 census	View
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 2	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Account of court procee...	2 Mar 1832	strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	View
Chartist disturbances involving workers	Extract from Stockport Advertiser re Chartist disturbances involving local mill workers in 1842	Unknown	chartists Stockport Advertiser workers mellor mill	View
Dispute in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow, extract 1	Extract re dispute in 1832 about footpath from Strines Road to Mellor Mill in 1832 over land previously owned by Oldknow. Notice signed by A. Ecc...	17 Aug 1832	document strines road oldknow footpath dispute mellor mill	View
Ownership of Bottoms bridge, extract 2	Extract from M.E.N. re ownership of Bottoms bridge. Bridge built by Oldknow, in need of repair	14 Dec 1990	repairs bottoms bridge mellor mill	View
Ownership of Bottoms bridge	Extract from Metro News re ownership of Bottoms bridge. Bridge built in 1790 by Oldknow in need of repair.	23 Aug 1991	bridge repairs metro news bottoms bridge mellor mill	View
Mill notice warning against swearing and drunkenness	Mill notice warning against swearing and drunkenness, indicating fines payable (money to be distributed to sick and needy)	1 Jul 1797	fines for drunkenness document warning notice workers mellor mill	View
Earnings from The Strutt's and Arkwright's	Extract re workers' earnings from The Strutts and Arkwright's, 1756 - 1850 by R S Fitton and A P Wordsworth (1958). Includes reasons for truck mone...	4 Apr 1958	financial difficulties 1793 wages truck money employees mellor mill	View
Records of purchases for Mellor Mill	Various extracts from Oldknow company records of purchases for Mellor Mill throwing light on equipment and working methods, also Oldknow's rental o...	From 1 Jan 1797 to 31 Dec 1801	receipt rent payment power transmission equip mill purchases traden farm truck money magnet steel wire candles oldknow company records mellor mill	View
Notes, comments and drawings of new and old engines (3 pages)	Notes, comments and drawings of new and old engines, also including accounts of excavations and sale notices	From 1 Jan 1860 to 31 Dec 2015	Stockport Advertiser boilers drawings boiler house Aquinas stude Warrington Scouts mellor mill excavations engines	View
Celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler	Extract from Stockport Advertiser (Sept 1860) re celebratory meal marking installation of new engines and boiler in Mellor Mill	14 Sep 1860	celebration demise of water wheel installation of new engines Stockport Advertiser mellor mill	View
Extract from Arkwright ledger relating to mill engine etc	Extract from Arkwright ledger (balance sheets and breakdown of wages) relating to mill engine and construction of Willows reservoir etc	30 Jun 1905	workforce size wages willows reservoir mill engine mellor mill Arkwright ledger	View
Oldknow's bridge over Goyt (1950s)	Photo of Oldknow's bridge over Goyt (1950s)	Circa 1945 Between 1 Jan 1945 and 31 Dec 1955	mellor mill photograph Goyt oldknow bridge	View
Volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Photograph of volunteer working in Waterloo Wheel Pit	Unknown	waterloo wheel pit mellor mill volunteer photograph	View
Letter regarding first sighting of fire	Letter claiming mill fire first spotted by footplate crew of train on Marple - New Mills line	6 Jul 1993	fire sighting by train crew document fire mellor mill	View
Glossop Chronicle extract re fire	Copy of extracted details from Glossop Chronicle giving basic facts of mill and fire	17 Nov 1892	oldknow spinning document employees fire mellor mill	View
Cheshire County News extract re fire and outlook for workers	Copy of cutting from Cheshire County News 17 Nov 1892 describing fire, fire damage and dismal prospects for employees	17 Nov 1892	document employees Cheshire County News fire damage fire description mellor mill	View